The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24
LITERARY NOTES.
Forthcoming Books-Magazlne Con.
tributi0ns-Other News.

unal VOlume VI tuo hIoDViy VI emV
Crimean War" and the book will
appear in October.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is reported
to have put 5000 into an iron mine in
the Gogebic region, and to have |
drawn out S12,500 She is going |
back to Wisconsin TO live.
Rider Haggard would rather be !
considered a great sportsman than a
prominent novelist. He might have
added to his reputation in both d.
rections If he had spent the time he
used in writing Dawn" in shooting
and fishing.
AN elaborate history OF musical
instruments is to be brought out
soon by Mr.. A. j. Hipkins, an En-
glishman. 1t is to be handsomely
illustrated and the edition will be
limited to 1910 copies. A copy will
cost the subscriber nearly 81.
Susan Il. Dickinson writes to the
philadelphia Times: II cannot
answer the letters pouring in, there
fore desire to say through the Times
that while Miss Anna Dickinson is
slowly convalescing she is as yet un-
able TO lift her head from the pillow
or see any one but her attendants"
Mr.. Walter Besant has written a
new novel, the publication Of which
will begin early in the autumn, in
which II will be Cor may beg read
simultaneously in all parts OF the
English speaking world. II is en-
titled Her Paulus: His Rise, His
Greatness. and His Fall, and il is
said to deal with certain aspects Of
recent spiritualisn.
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen picks up
a great deal Of material for literary
work during the season, and resorts
unblushingly 10 Irritation in order TO
get il. At the close Of a vacation on
the Isle OF Shoals he babe good. bye
to a young lady, with whom he car
ried on Irritation, with the words
IL am very glad / met you; you have
been worth at least 800 20 me."
The new edition de luxe Of Thack-
eray's works which the Washington
Company are preparing TO publish,
will be compleio in twenty volumes,
at g. 50a volume. IL will contain
1900 illustratious-by Thackeray,
DOYLE, Cruikshank aud othcrs-and
will be printed on fine Japanese pa
per and mounted in the text. There
will be only $50 copies, each Of which
will be numbered and registered
The FIRST volumes will be issued IL
July.
Mrs. Mary 4. Barr, who is cominG
into notice through her Scotch dia
lect stories, began 20 write when sh,
was twenty.four. She lost her bps
band, who was Military GOVERNOR
Texas, aud seven children, all within
tweuty-four hours, from yellow fever
and found herself with four littl,
ones and with only 80 cents in he
pocket book. She went 10 New
York and became a governess in tn,
family OF one OF A. t. Stewart
partners. Her 6rst tale was writer
10 crafty the within of her employer
IL was promptly accepted by th
publisher, and since then she la
gone on writing with growing success
will the comirg man read booksl
is che startling question that Henri
Holt, one Of the leading book pub
fishers Of the land, propounds in Tn
Writer. lie is led TO il by reaectio
on the fact that there has been a re
Iaarkable falling of in the sale
of bound volumes in the last &c
years. in novels, poems. travels
essays. histories, biographies" h
. Gays, the publishers find, that the
can, as a rule, place but about on'
third as many copies OF new boun
book rs they could ten years ago.
The query comes, il the sale dimir
ishcs 0ue.third in ten years, no
lonC will IL take for extinction
Surely here is food for most serioI
reflection. Was there ever such
sooiologic revolution in the histo,
OF the civilized world as this will
iiiteulminates IN the disappearan,
OF the boot2 For the book has bee
the cl,iei factor in the worlds min
the library has been the most potel
element in the life OF the home. al
the book writer the most revered AZ
The most influential OF mankind.
as Mr Holt believes, the change
largely due TO the great doyelopme
OF newspapers aud periodicals, the
indeed, is the revolution esscnti
and complete. will the comir
man read books
Mr.. q. r. Sims, the English no
elist. has edited a book entitl,
"Mary James Memoirs" written
an English servant girl. The IN
tross OF En0laud are exceedingly I
dign,nt that Mr.. Sims should ha
lent bis name and fame TO cktendi
the circulation OF such a volum
They object 10 hayiug their sorvan
ait 10 judgment over them even VIII
the servants remain in the kitche
But when they enter the held
letters aud employ the press to ma
pyblic their judgments, Il seems
ihAm too much. One Of these ladi
writes an indignant letter TO the II
Mail Gazette, in which she ~
that Mary Jaue BuiIhan, the auth
OF the book, was by nature an indu
trious aud respectable housemal
Unharpily she was egotistical and
discreet. and not honest enough
perceive that in sitting up at mig
10 write her memoirs she "
miGsppropriating time purchased
her employers, making use Of fam
matters which 10 no sense belong
TO her, and wasting not only gas a